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National Parks · Mountains · Quick Getaway
Great Smoky Mountains Highlights
Cades Cove, Clingmans Dome and mountain towns in a long weekend.
Tennessee & North Carolina4 daysApr–OctLoop back homeWeekend getaway
Rig notes: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and Cades Cove loop restrict large RVs — unhitch or use a toad.
Copies the stops into your own trip with real driving miles. You can re-plan, reorder or invite friends afterwards.
The route
- 1Pigeon Forge, TN · 2 nights
Base for Cades Cove and Gatlinburg
- 2Townsend, TN · 1 night
"Quiet side" of the Smokies, Cades Cove
- 3Bryson City, NC · 1 night
Over Newfound Gap, Clingmans Dome
